Thursday, January 6, 2011

Yahoo mail search tips

You can also use the minus sign (“-”) to remove specific messages from your search results. For example:

To find messages that mention a person but aren’t from that person, type:person -from:person

To find messages containing specific text, but not from a specific user, type:text -from:user

To find messages containing specific text that do not contain other specific text, type:text -otherText

Header Shortcuts

Shortcut

Description

Examples

To:,
Cc:,
Bcc:

Search your folders for a specific recipient. You can use a name, a fragment at the beginning of a name, or a full first and last name in quotes (if the mail was sent with the full name in the To: field). No space after the colon.

to:mary
cc:ma
bcc:“Mary Poppins”

From:

The From: shortcut can be used to search for a specific sender. You can use a name, a fragment at the beginning of a name, or a full name in quotes (if the mail was sent with the full name in the From: field). Use quotes for full names.

from:Mikki
from:mi
from:“Mikki Tucker”

Subject:

The Subject: shortcut can be used to search for messages containing specific text in the subject. Use quotes for multiple-word subjects.

subject:dinner
subject:“favorite route”

Attachment Shortcuts
The attachment shortcuts can be used to search for properties of an attachment.

Shortcut

Description

Examples

attachment:

Search for text inside any text-based attachment (it can’t search for words in a picture).

attachment:reservation
attachment:“great year”

attachmentname:

Search for messages containing attachments with the specified text in the filename.